Who Decides Whether You Should Rebuild or Repair Your Home After a House Fire?

There’s a long list of things to consider when it comes to deciding whether your fire-damaged home can be repaired, or if it needs to be razed and rebuilt. Your insurer is likely to push hard for the lowest-cost option, but this bare minimum may fall short of what you actually need and what your homeowners policy promises.

When you suffer a house fire, your insurer begins the process of calculating how much they will offer for your damaged personal property loss based on whether the property is deemed salvageable or non salvageable. The category each item falls into has a substantial impact on how your property will be covered under the terms of your homeowners insurance policy.

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Every house fire insurance claim is unique and must be adjusted based on how the policy language and laws apply at the time of the loss. While most homeowners insurance policies provide coverage for fire, not all policyholders are treated equally when settling their claims. Below are four actions you can take to position your fire insurance claim for a successful outcome.

It’s normal to feel overwhelmed and uncertain about how your fire damage insurance claim will turn out. But you don’t have to let your fears continue. At Miller Public Adjusters, we can assess your loss, read your policy, and give you an expert’s view of what to expect from your house fire claim — all for free.

Your homeowners insurance policy is a legally binding contract between you, the policyholder, and your insurer. Your homeowners insurance claim is a lengthy negotiation about how much your insurance policy should pay for your insured damages. Contract negotiations start when you report your fire loss.

In the aftermath of a house fire, what once was normal is now chaos, and everything demands your immediate attention. One of the things you don’t want falling through the cracks is documenting your loss. Making sure you have abundant documentation of your damages and recovery efforts is critical in negotiating a full and fair settlement for your homeowners insurance claim.

It’s easy to talk about settling a homeowners insurance claim like it’s a single event. But unless you suffered a total loss and your carrier is paying your policy limit immediately, your final settlement will be the sum of many smaller settlement payments made to you over time.

Let’s be clear from the start: Smoke and soot contain a chemical cocktail of toxins known to harm and kill people. During a house fire, smoke and soot can billow throughout your home, causing major damage to your property — and to you, if your damages are not properly remediated. When it comes to removing soot and smoke odor, employing cost-saving strategies can be a costly mistake.

Following a severe storm, fire, or other disaster, Wisconsin property owners are exposed to an influx of people from out of state selling services on behalf of roofers, building contractors, public adjusters, and insurance-related businesses. Concealed among the many skilled actors coming to assist our friends and neighbors are a few bad actors intent on taking advantage of people facing complicated property insurance claims.